/**
 * @class   wosh::InterfacesProvider
 * @brief   Class/interface for Objects which provide wosh::Property, some
 *          helper functions are provided for convenience.
 *
 *
 ****************************************************************************
 * @version $Id: InterfacesProvider.h 2863 2010-08-07 04:28:58Z alex $
 * @author  Alessandro Polo
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#ifndef __WOSH_Core_InterfacesProvider_H__
 #define __WOSH_Core_InterfacesProvider_H__

 #include <woshDefs.h>
 #include <core/Serialization.h>
 #include <core/Containers.h>
 #include <core/Object.h>


namespace wosh {

template <class T> class DataFieldCollector;

class List;
class Table;

class InterfacesProvider :	public MapT<std::string, ObjectTypeInfo*>,
							public ISerializable
 {
	WOSH_SERIALIZABLE(wosh::InterfacesProvider)
	WOSH_COMPARE_RTTI(wosh::InterfacesProvider)

	public:
		InterfacesProvider() : MapT<std::string, ObjectTypeInfo*>() { }
		InterfacesProvider( const InterfacesProvider& m ) : MapT<std::string, ObjectTypeInfo*>(m) {
			*this = m;
		 }

		virtual ~InterfacesProvider();

	public:
		virtual WRESULT add( ObjectTypeInfo* interface_info );

		WRESULT add( const std::string& classType, double interfaceVersionMin = 0.0 );

		ObjectTypeInfo getImplementedClass() const;

		WRESULT createFor( const IReflection* object );
		WRESULT createFor( const std::string& classname );

		// reentrant
		bool existsClass( const std::string& classname, double min_version = 0.0 ) const;

		WRESULT fromString( const std::string& data );


	public:
		List* toList() const;
		Table* toTable() const;

//@}
/** @name Operators Overloading
 * @{
 ******************************************************************************/
	public:
		InterfacesProvider& operator=(const InterfacesProvider& m);
		bool operator==(const InterfacesProvider &other) const;
		bool operator!=(const InterfacesProvider &other) const { return !(*this == other);  }
//@}
/** @name Serialization interface
 * @{
 ******************************************************************************/
	public:
		virtual std::string toString() const;
		virtual bool updateHash( DataHashContext* hash_context ) const;
//@}


}; // class def

}; // namespace wosh

#endif //__WOSH_Core_InterfacesProvider_H__
